2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey
It's not easy to decide which nursing program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools and bootcamps with offerings that you might find attractive.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in New Jersey to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for nursing students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.
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Most Popular Nursing Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey
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Our analysis found Rutgers University - New Brunswick to be the most popular school for nursing students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in New Jersey. This large public school is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and it awarded 163 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 87% of those degree recipients were women.
Rutgers New Brunswick does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 23% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Camden. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Rutgers Camden is a medium-sized public school situated in Camden, New Jersey. It awarded 12 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 67% were women.
Rutgers Camden does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 32% took at least some of their classes online.
The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Monmouth University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular nursing schools in New Jersey. West Long Branch, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Monmouth. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 90% took at least some of their classes online.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. This medium-sized private not-for-profit school is located in Teaneck, New Jersey, and it awarded 6 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
FDU is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each graduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Thomas Edison State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Thomas Edison State University is a medium-sized public school located in Trenton, New Jersey that handed out 4 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.
Since the graduate programs at TESU are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rutgers University - Newark. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in Newark, New Jersey, the fairly large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Online graduate courses are available at Rutgers Newark, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 23% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
William Paterson University of New Jersey did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for nursing students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. William Paterson University of New Jersey is a medium-sized public school located in Wayne, New Jersey that handed out 3 doctor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at William Paterson University. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 32% took at least some of their classes online.
Kean University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Union, New Jersey is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctor’s degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Around 67% of those degree recipients were women.
Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Kean. During the 2019-2020 year, about 6% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #9, Seton Hall University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. South Orange, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctor’s degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
One thing to take note of is that Seton Hall does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 75% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Felician University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in Lodi, New Jersey, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualifed doctor’s degree students in 2020-2021.
Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
Felician does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 52% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
With a ranking of #9, Stockton University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for nursing students working on their doctor’s degree. Stockton State is located in Galloway, New Jersey and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctor’s degrees to qualified students.
Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Stockton State does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 87% took at least some of their classes online.
Saint Peter’s University ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in Jersey City, New Jersey, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 doctor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.
Saint Peter’s College does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 98% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #13 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree nursing programs.
Ramapo College does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. In 2019-2020 about 98% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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Notes and References
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*These averages are for the top 13 schools only.
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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